English Explanatory Dictionary

wrought

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having been worked or prepared somehow.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of work
  2. simple past and past participle of wreak

Pronunciation

/ɹɔːt/ /ɹoːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-wrought.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wrought.wav /ɹɔt/ /ɹɑt/ en-us-wrought.ogg /ɾɔt/

Word forms

wrought more wrought most wrought

Etymology

The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked. Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).

Antonyms

unwrought

Derived words

high-wrought wrought iron wrought-up bewrought forewrought forwrought inwrought miswrought overwrought underwrought unwrought
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